Subfolders

I know you can create sub folders in report manager, and then move reports into them.

Is this a good idea since report designer cannot deploy to sub folders, and then you are left with deleting and moving, which throws off your subscriptions.

Am I missing something

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Subfolders

kamatsu
On the project property pages you specify the TargetServerURL and the TargetReportFolder....
David Burg - MSFT
Moving through RM doesn't overwrite. If you call the RS SOAP APIs, you can delete the old copy before moving a new item over.
Dmitry4096

Tudor Trufinescu - MSFT said:

You have several options:

- report designer supports deployment in a specific folder

- you can move reports around (not delete/recreate) which keeps subscriptions, etc..

- you can automate deployment scripts using the SRS script host - rs.exe, look for more details in MSDN or Books online

On the second option above, if I deploy a report and then move it to a subfolder using report manager, i cannot copy over the existing report in the folder. It tells me the report already exists.

Again, am I missing something

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Gunky

But that is project based. I am looking for report based subfolders.

Is there a way to do that That is my dilemma.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

BobP
harvest316

But then you are deleting again, and if there are any subscriptions on that report, you lose them.

However, if you use linked reports, it seems to solve most of the issues.

http://forums.microsoft.com/forums/ShowPost.aspx PostID=359108&SiteID=1

Bob
Rihaz

Here is what I have found out, however I have not done an extensive study yet.

If you deploy a report to the root, you can use one of several methods to move to a subfolder. (Report Manager, etc)

HOWEVER-If you have a report with the same name in the subfolder, you MUST delete it, thus invalidating the report id, which subscriptions and report history are keyed from.

When you deploy a report via report designer, it updates the report using the same report ID, if it exists.

So if I create a linked report in a subfolder, pointing to the rdl in the root folder, I can update the root rdl, and the linked report will continue to look at that rdl.

So what I have done is just started linking my subfolder reports to the root folder RDL, while setting the root folder RDL to hidden so that normal users cannot see it.

BobP
Aussie

How does report designer support deployment into a specific folder Maybe I am missing something...

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Bob
MoGram

You have several options:

- report designer supports deployment in a specific folder

- you can move reports around (not delete/recreate) which keeps subscriptions, etc..

- you can automate deployment scripts using the SRS script host - rs.exe, look for more details in MSDN or Books online

Hope that helps

Tudor Trufinescu
AsOne

Not sure how linked reports make a difference here. If you have an old copy you have to overwrite it (update report in Report Manager or SetReportDefinition SOAP API).

If you want to move reports after publishing, you can do so, as long as you overwrite old target reports, if they exist.

If you create linked reports, you will have the same problem once they exist in the target folder.
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